Alphabetical Faculty Directory
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SANFORD BERNSTEIN

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Ph.D., Wesleyan University (1979). Professor of Biology. Molecular analysis of gene expression during Drosophila muscle development; molecular and ultrastructural defects of Drosophila muscle mutants; function of muscle proteins isoforms; mechanism of alternative RNA splicing.

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SANFORD I. BERNSTEIN
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RICHARD CRIPPS

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D.Phil., University of York (1990). Professor of Biology and Fred Henry Chair of Life Sciences. Defining the transcriptional mechanisms of heart and skeletal muscle development and disease, using Drosophila as the model system. Identification of novel myofibrillar proteins, and using CRISPR to determine their roles in muscle assembly and function.

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RICHARD CRIPPS
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ELIZABETH A DINSDALE

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Ph.D., James Cook University, Australia (2005). Professor of Biology. Microbial and viral community dynamics in coral reef, kelp forests and oxygen minimum zones.

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ELIZABETH A DINSDALE
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ROBERT EDWARDS

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Ph.D. University of Sussex, England (1994). Associate Professor of Computer Science. Annotation of microbial genomes; bioinformatics of random community genomes (metagenomes).

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Rob Edwards
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RALPH FEUER

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Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno (1999). Associate Professor of Biology. Autoimmune diseases associated with a previous viral infection. Mechanisms of enteroviral persistence and pathogenesis. Susceptibility of stem cells to virus infection and coxsackievirus-associated neonatal disease.

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RALPH FEUER
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STEPHANIE GRAINGER

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Ph.D., University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2012. Assistant Professor of Biology. Cell Biology, Wnt Signaling, Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, Cancer.

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STEPHANIE GRAINGER
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Carrie House

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Ph.D., George Washington University (2011). Assistant Professor of Biology. Cancer biology/molecular oncology, tumor heterogeneity and phenotypic diversity in cancer cell populations, cancer stem cells/tumor-initiating cells, drug resistance and growth signaling pathways.

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Carrie House

 

 

 

 

TOM HUXFORD

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Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (2001). Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Structural biology of proteins and protein complexes involved in signaling to NF-kappaB.

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TOM HUXFORD
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MARINA KALYUZHNAYA


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Assistant Professor, Ph.D., IBPM, Russian Academy of Sciences (2000)
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Methane biocatalysis; Microbial genetics, physiology and biochemistry;  Systems biology, metabolic modeling and engineering; Functional diversity of microbial methane  cycle and environmental impacts of climate change.
Office/Lab: North Life Science 406

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Marina Kalyuzhnaya
SCOTT T. KELLEY

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Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998). Professor of Biology. Phylogenetic approaches to RNA structure prediction, DNA and protein motif pattern recognition, and genome sequence analysis. Molecular systematics studies of insect and microbial communities.

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SCOTT T. KELLEY
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DAVID A. LIPSON

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Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998). Professor of Biology. Soil microbial ecology; plant-microbe interactions; biogeochemistry; linking microbial diversity to ecosystem processes.

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DAVID A. LIPSON
JOHN LOVE

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Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (1998). Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Protein Engineering: Driving novel protein/protein associations by computational and experimental design.

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JOHN LOVE
Robert Luallen

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Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (2016). Assistant Professor of Biology. Evolution of host/pathogen interactions, molecular mechanisms of pathogen tissue tropism, the role of temperature in pathogen growth and clearance, and innate immune defense.

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Robert Luallen
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STANLEY MALOY

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Ph.D. University of California, Irvine (1981). Dean, College of Sciences and Professor of Biology. Research focuses on Salmonella, using a combination of genetic, molecular, biochemical, and genomic approaches to answer questions about general biological processes, and questions that relate to the evolution of pathogenesis.

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STANLEY MALOY
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Dwayne Roach

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Ph.D., Brock University. (2011). Assistant Professor and Conrad Prebys Chair of Virology. My lab investigates the beneficial and harmful interplay between host (human and animal) and microbe(s) (bacteriophages and bacteria) using approaches that bridge microbiology, immunology, genomics/bioinformatics, in vivo and mathematical models, and clinical research.

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Dwayne Roach
FOREST ROHWER

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PhD. San Diego State University. (1997). Professor of Biology. Genomic analysis of marine phage, opportunistic infections and coral disease, diversity of coral-associated bacteria.

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FOREST ROHWER
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ANCA SEGALL

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Ph.D., University of Utah (1987). Professor of Biology. DNA recombination and chromosome structure.

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NICHOLAS SHIKUMA


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Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (2011)

Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of bacteria/bacteriophage/animal interactions.
Office/Lab: North Life Science 401A/401 Phone: Phone: 619-594-2325 (office) 619-594-2519 (lab).


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NICHOLAS J. SHIKUMA
MARK A. SUSSMAN

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Ph.D., University of Southern California (1989). Professor of Biology. Mechanisms which regulate the assembly, organization, and degeneration of myofibrils. In addition to these studies of myofibril structure in the myocardium, my research also extends to examination of focal adhesion complex regulation, apoptotic signaling in heart failure, and the potentiation of stem cells to retard cardiac aging. MS and PhD student mentor.

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MARK A. SUSSMAN
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PETER van der GEER

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Ph.D., University of Amsterdam (1993). Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Molecular, biological and biochemical analysis of signal transduction by protein-tyrosine kinases.

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PETER van der GEER
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ELIZABETH WATERS

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Ph.D. Washington University (1993). Professor of Biology. Plant evolution. The origin of Land Plants. Molecular evolution

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ELIZABETH WATERS
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RICARDO M. ZAYAS


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Ph.D. Tufts University (2003). Professor of Biology. SDSU JDP Coordinator.

Stem cell biology. Molecular mechanisms underlying regeneration of the nervous system in planarians.

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RICARDO M. ZAYAS
ROBERT W. ZELLER

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Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1995. Chair and Professor of Biology. The developmental biology of ascidians; the evolution of developmental gene regulatory networks in primitive chordates.

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ROBERT W. ZELLER